MR. ALDERMAN: May it please the Tribunal, at this point we
distribute document book lettered "N", which will cover the
next phase of the case, as I will not undertake to present it. Of the
five large phases of aggressive warfare, which I undertake to present
to the Tribunal, I have now completed the presentation of the
documents on the first phase, the phase lasting from 1933 to 1936,
consisting of; the preparation for aggression.

The second large phase of the program of the conspirators for
aggression lasted from approximately 1936 to March 1939, when they
had completed the absorption of Austria and the occupation of all of
Czechoslovakia. I again invite the Court's attention to the chart on
the wall. You may be interested in glancing at it from time to time
as the presentation progresses.

The relevant portions of the Indictment to the present subject
are set forth in Subsection 3, under Section IV (F), appearing on
Pages 7 and 8 of the printed English text. This portion of the
Indictment is divided into three parts: First, the 1936 to 1938 phase
of the plan, planning for the assault on Austria and Czechoslovakia;
second, the execution of the plan to invade Austria, November 1937 to
March 1938; third, the execution of the plan to invade
Czechoslovakia, April 1938 to March 1939.

As I previously indicated to the Tribunal, the portion of the
Indictment headed "(a) Planning for the assault on Austria and
Czechoslovakia" is proved for the most part by Document Number
386-PS, which I introduced on Monday. That is Exhibit USA-25. That
was one of the handful of documents with which I began my
presentation of this part of the case. The minutes taken by Colonel
Hossbach of the meeting in the Reich Chancellery on 5 November 1937,
when Hitler developed his political last will and testament, reviewed
the desire of Nazi Germany for more room in central Europe, and made
preparations for the conquest of Austria and Czechoslovakia as a
means of strengthening Germany for the general pattern of the Nazi
conspiracy for aggression.

I shall present the material on this second, or Austrian phase of
aggression, in two separate parts. I shall first present the